Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-24
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Ask to see just few words at Dornan's.
 Rents collected promptly at H. P. Hoadleys.
 Open on Monday at Northrop's.
 Bargains in pianos at 643 Chapel street.
 Large discount to Sunday schools at North rop's.
 The unrivalled Chase pianos, 643 Chapel street.
 Artistieally written cards at the Hogarth academy.
 The Christmas travel on the Consolidated road s very heavy.
 The public schools closed yesterday until Tuesday, January 8.
 The Waterbury toboggan slide opened for business last evening.
 Don't forget the faithful lads who leave you the COURIER Monday.
 MT. N. Myers will lecture before the K. o. J. club tomorrow evening.
 The judges of the Supreme court were in consultation at Hartford yesterday.
 The streets were crowded with shoppers all of yesterday and until late last evening.
 A large shaft for Star line ocean steamer was shipped from Bridgeport yesterday.
 A billiard tournament for the champion ship of the State will begin at Hartford Jan uary 8.
 Governor Lounsbury will be rendered re- ception by the Foot Guard of Hartford in January.
 The banks and stores will be closed Mon day and all drafts and notes due then will be payable to-day.
 Policy was never played to greater extent in Ansonia than at present. The much-talked- of 4-11-44 is looked for.
 The Warner Brothers Seaside Institute at Bridgeport, erected for working girls, is proving great success.
 The subject of Rev. John 0. Collins ser mon Sunday evening in English Hall is "The Kingdom of God" A Christmas les son.
 Christmas services at the Church of the Holy Spirit are expected to be of unusual interest tomorrow. Suitable addresses will be made by several ministers.
 A majority of the Irish societies ot Hart foId have voted to have O'Connor and Els mond lecture there, and @ committee has been appointed to arrange date with them.
 The service at the Jail under the direction of the Y. M. c. A. will be held at 2:3O p. m.
 
 held at o'clock, to which all men are in- vited.
 It was not Captain William G. Dickinson who drew the tea set. Postmaster English was the lucky man. The only drawings made by the captain, according to his state ment, were ia hard cold and Q long breath"
 At the College street church tomorrow evening there will be praise service by the Sunday school. There will be recitations and music by the school with singing and solos by the choir and members of the school.
 Editor Scanlon of the Connecticut Catholic says: "It would not at all be surprising to those familiar with this ecclesiastical province If Bishop McMahon should be called upon, at no distant day, to assume the burden of Archbishop"
 Colonel E. NJ. Graves said yesterday to a Hartford reporter that he is not personally interested in the scheme of rejnvenating the old Union House in this city. His ser- vices are merely for the purpose of assisting ex-Alderman Flagg, the practical proprietor. A credit to Chapel street and the city and mercantile ability is the spacious boot and shoe house of w. B. Fenn & Co. The stock embraces large and splendid lines of goods in every department. Even Christmas and the easy chair are insufficient without pair of those elegant slippers to be found there in every variety.
 "Merry Christmas" is at the door and several hundred of those fine nursery grown Christmas trees at Dickerman's were sold yesterday and large supply of cut flowers. One hundred Christmas trees left to be sold to-day, and large fresh supply of cut flow morning. Of holly and mistletoe supplies can yet be obtained at Dickerman's, 659 Chapel street.
 The elegant stock of fur goods in all de- partments at Burgess & Burgess renowned fur emporium passes all the firms previous efforts, and many are the Christmas gifts that have been bought this week from their display of seal sacques. high grade plush sacques, beaver sets and other fine lines of fashionable furs, choice silk and mohair um- brellas, fur caps, fur gloves, fur robes and fur rugs. This opportunity to buy elegant, most welcome and most useful gifts that will be lasting in benefit is practically recognized by many of our holiday purchasers and 1t is wisdom to buy of an old established fur goods house. acquainted thoroughly with the business, as it will be found to accord in the end with Ben Franklin's adage, "Put money in thy purse" We will simply slaughter prices on Xmas